NFL brings in new rule to protect Travis Kelce amid Taylor Swift romance

The NFL could beryllium moving towards banning members of the media from squad locker rooms amid concerns for players' privacy. 

The NFLPA urged the league to determination interviews extracurricular the locker country earlier this month, calling for a curb connected reporters mingling with players successful the locker room. 

The NFLPA said that locker room interviews were an penetration of players' privacy and urged members of the media to question interviews extracurricular the locker country during the week - thing which immoderate stars person already begun to workout their close to bash so. 

However, it appears that determination is 1 subordinate successful peculiar whose privateness they are trying to protect. 

Travis Kelce has experienced a caller tallness of fame implicit the past twelvemonth with the Kansas City Chiefs star's popularity enjoying a monolithic uptick amid his high-profile narration with Taylor Swift. 

But his expanding popularity has travel with a price. The choky extremity has faced a caller question of attraction and scrutiny with Kelce and Swift's romance dominating the headlines. 

And, though Kelce already had a sizeable personage presumption arsenic 1 of the league's biggest stars, the imaginable locker country interrogation prohibition is said to beryllium a caller regularisation to support him, according to Radar. 

'While reporters volition inactive person entree to players for interviews, the locker country volition nary longer beryllium portion of the equation,' a root allegedly told the outlet. 'Instead, interviews volition present beryllium conducted successful separate, designated areas, with each squad determining the location.'

The root went connected to assertion that portion the league insists it is for the safeguarding of each its players, 'everyone knows it is to support Taylor Swift's boyfriend.'

It is simply a argumentation that the players and NFLPA person been petitioning for for a portion but the insider claimed that 'no 1 believes it's conscionable a coincidence that the caller rules are being implemented now.'

Swift and Kelce person been dating for conscionable implicit a twelvemonth with their emotion communicative taking the NFL satellite by tempest arsenic the popular superstar regularly makes blockbuster appearances astatine his Chiefs games, including past season's Super Bowl. 

Reporters regularly mingle with players successful the locker country connected crippled time and connected signifier days, putting members of the media successful adjacent quarters with athletes courtesy of media policies that the players relation called 'outdated'.

Earlier this month, Cincinnati Bengals halfway Ted Karras revealed players being caught bare connected camera is 1 of the reasons wherefore the NFL wants to adjacent locker rooms to the media.

Speaking earlier this week, Bengals prima Karras explained that a mates of players were caught bare portion interviews were being recorded.

'As you've heard from a mates of teams present and the NFLPA is going to travel retired with a statement, successful an effort to support the sanctity of the locker country and the comfortableness of the players, each squad is going to fig retired a programme to wherever we behaviour our interviews extracurricular of the locker room,' Karras, the team's national typical said.

'Now, this doesn't barroom you from the locker room. We can't bash that. But what we privation to bash is get cameras disconnected guys successful backstage moments successful our locker room.

'What brought it to light, really, was a mates of guys bare connected camera this year. It has happened a fewer times successful the past of the league.'

However, Kelce revealed connected his podcast, New Heights, pursuing the NFLPA's connection that helium had ne'er had an contented with the locker country interviews.  

He discussed the contented with his brother, retired Philadelphia Eagles halfway Jason Kelce, who made a hilarious revelation. 

'This is thing that guys person talked astir for a agelong time,' Jason began. 'But for those of you that don't know, aft games oregon practices determination is simply a play of clip wherever media members tin spell successful and speech to players, interrogation them, inquire what happened successful the game, what's going connected this week.'

At that point, Travis chimed successful to accidental 'and nutrient watch!' drafting chuckles retired of some the brothers.

'I don't deliberation that's wherefore they're successful there, but that's what's being alleged,' Jason said.

He continued: 'I'm not going to lie... it is simply a small weird that radical are successful there, but I ne'er minded it.

'Listen, my d**k is debased connected the totem pole, I'm not impressing anybody, oregon doing anything. If you privation to look astatine it, spell for it, beryllium my guest.

'It's not going to impressment you. It's efficient, it gets the occupation done, particularly making girls (a notation to his 3 daughters). But I've ne'er cared, I've ne'er thought astir it and I've ne'er noticed anybody staring astatine it.'

Travis past offered his existent thoughts connected the situation, explaining: 'I've ne'er had a occupation with it.

'I deliberation it's really encouraged by the NFL to beryllium clothed. I don't deliberation they promote you to beryllium naked.'